Ebola

Spread of Ebola in Liberia

By Jessicamxo

  • How the deadly virus worked its way through western Africa

    How the deadly virus worked its way through western Africa
    Guinea confirms a previously unidentified fever hemorrhagic fever that killed more than 50 people, its Ebola

  • Spreading more

    Spreading more
    Liberia reports two more cases of Ebola; suspected cases in Sierra Leone

  • spreading

    spreading
    with deaths above 350, making the West African outbreak the worst on record, Medecins Sans Frontierea (MSF) warns the epidemic's spread is "unprecendented."

  • spreading

    spreading
    Nigeria confirms its first Ebola case, a man who died in Lagos after traveling from Monrovia

  • shuts down schools

    shuts down schools
    Liberia shuts down schools, quarantines the worst-affected communities, using troops for enforcement

  • international

    international
    A World Health Organization (WHO) declares Ebola "internation public health emergency"

  • Still spreading

    Still spreading
    WHO says death toll tops 1,000 approves of unproven drugs or vaccines

  • spreading

    spreading
    MSF says epidemic will take about six months to control

  • spreading

    spreading
    Security forcesd in Monrovia fire shots, tear gas to disperse crowd trying to break out of quarantine, killing teen

  • death toll

    death toll
    WHO puts death toll above 1,550, warns outbreak could infect more than 20,000.